Dale Shackleford
@hamnesiac.bsky.social
I cannot tell you a bit about myself, because I am dead.
...ok
working on my own old school MMO
star trek linux nba dwarf fortress
dada archaeology degree
fuck: maga, AI
...ok
working on my own old school MMO
star trek linux nba dwarf fortress
dada archaeology degree
fuck: maga, AI
really gonna push myself this coming week to:
rebuild my dev machines/computer workspace
organize the workshop & tools
fix the roof
code through to player sync milestone
rebuild my dev machines/computer workspace
organize the workshop & tools
fix the roof
code through to player sync milestone
December 27, 2025 at 3:22 AM
really gonna push myself this coming week to:
rebuild my dev machines/computer workspace
organize the workshop & tools
fix the roof
code through to player sync milestone
rebuild my dev machines/computer workspace
organize the workshop & tools
fix the roof
code through to player sync milestone
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December 23, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Today is necessarily a day off coding (wife's birthday!), but oh, the ideas I have in my head for the flow of data.
As I previously said - I didn't want to try to mess with predictive movement on the client side, but I got an idea for a pretty simple implementation, just to reduce the packet spam.
As I previously said - I didn't want to try to mess with predictive movement on the client side, but I got an idea for a pretty simple implementation, just to reduce the packet spam.
December 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Today is necessarily a day off coding (wife's birthday!), but oh, the ideas I have in my head for the flow of data.
As I previously said - I didn't want to try to mess with predictive movement on the client side, but I got an idea for a pretty simple implementation, just to reduce the packet spam.
As I previously said - I didn't want to try to mess with predictive movement on the client side, but I got an idea for a pretty simple implementation, just to reduce the packet spam.
wiring up more database interactions on the client and server side today.
December 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
wiring up more database interactions on the client and server side today.
I might get some code done today.
I might end up writing my own simple database for objects.
I am so close to the breakthrough moment of "net sync works," (and is somewhat efficient).
I just need one session. Secure, uninterrupted sessions are so rare.
I might end up writing my own simple database for objects.
I am so close to the breakthrough moment of "net sync works," (and is somewhat efficient).
I just need one session. Secure, uninterrupted sessions are so rare.
December 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I might get some code done today.
I might end up writing my own simple database for objects.
I am so close to the breakthrough moment of "net sync works," (and is somewhat efficient).
I just need one session. Secure, uninterrupted sessions are so rare.
I might end up writing my own simple database for objects.
I am so close to the breakthrough moment of "net sync works," (and is somewhat efficient).
I just need one session. Secure, uninterrupted sessions are so rare.
the holiday break should give me time to code.
wrapping 270 days of stay at home dad, tomorrow.
then 2 weeks of lesser responsibility... then 90 more days... *then* I'll have a 2 year-old...
wrapping 270 days of stay at home dad, tomorrow.
then 2 weeks of lesser responsibility... then 90 more days... *then* I'll have a 2 year-old...
December 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
the holiday break should give me time to code.
wrapping 270 days of stay at home dad, tomorrow.
then 2 weeks of lesser responsibility... then 90 more days... *then* I'll have a 2 year-old...
wrapping 270 days of stay at home dad, tomorrow.
then 2 weeks of lesser responsibility... then 90 more days... *then* I'll have a 2 year-old...
Part of agreeing with myself to start working on my project again is giving myself permission to daydream and pursue good ideas.
What is the world, where is it, what are you doing there?
Why would you go back?
What can you do or see there that you can't do in physical life?
What is the world, where is it, what are you doing there?
Why would you go back?
What can you do or see there that you can't do in physical life?
December 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Part of agreeing with myself to start working on my project again is giving myself permission to daydream and pursue good ideas.
What is the world, where is it, what are you doing there?
Why would you go back?
What can you do or see there that you can't do in physical life?
What is the world, where is it, what are you doing there?
Why would you go back?
What can you do or see there that you can't do in physical life?
Yes, I worked on code today.
I started connecting the sqlite database to things, I started work on a clientside login screen.
The client will soon be asking the server to show the location of every thing nearby, except "me."
Testing this alone gets tricky. Not a net wiz, have 3 machines/IPs.
I started connecting the sqlite database to things, I started work on a clientside login screen.
The client will soon be asking the server to show the location of every thing nearby, except "me."
Testing this alone gets tricky. Not a net wiz, have 3 machines/IPs.
December 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Yes, I worked on code today.
I started connecting the sqlite database to things, I started work on a clientside login screen.
The client will soon be asking the server to show the location of every thing nearby, except "me."
Testing this alone gets tricky. Not a net wiz, have 3 machines/IPs.
I started connecting the sqlite database to things, I started work on a clientside login screen.
The client will soon be asking the server to show the location of every thing nearby, except "me."
Testing this alone gets tricky. Not a net wiz, have 3 machines/IPs.
#gamedev
I was lucky to have gotten to work with an open source MMO Engine for almost a decade, studying, upgrading, and administering it live. 250k lines of code.
This is how I know what I am doing now, in creating my own.
I'm not bound by the constraints of emulation or IP, anymore.
I was lucky to have gotten to work with an open source MMO Engine for almost a decade, studying, upgrading, and administering it live. 250k lines of code.
This is how I know what I am doing now, in creating my own.
I'm not bound by the constraints of emulation or IP, anymore.
December 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
#gamedev
I was lucky to have gotten to work with an open source MMO Engine for almost a decade, studying, upgrading, and administering it live. 250k lines of code.
This is how I know what I am doing now, in creating my own.
I'm not bound by the constraints of emulation or IP, anymore.
I was lucky to have gotten to work with an open source MMO Engine for almost a decade, studying, upgrading, and administering it live. 250k lines of code.
This is how I know what I am doing now, in creating my own.
I'm not bound by the constraints of emulation or IP, anymore.
#gamedev
I've got 600 lines of C++ powering my MMO server/engine.
In theory, it can now handle whatever number of players would cause my physical system to crash, I guess.
Each connected player now has a unique identifier and a few stats.
I don't know how feasible this is, but I would like to ->
I've got 600 lines of C++ powering my MMO server/engine.
In theory, it can now handle whatever number of players would cause my physical system to crash, I guess.
Each connected player now has a unique identifier and a few stats.
I don't know how feasible this is, but I would like to ->
December 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
#gamedev
I've got 600 lines of C++ powering my MMO server/engine.
In theory, it can now handle whatever number of players would cause my physical system to crash, I guess.
Each connected player now has a unique identifier and a few stats.
I don't know how feasible this is, but I would like to ->
I've got 600 lines of C++ powering my MMO server/engine.
In theory, it can now handle whatever number of players would cause my physical system to crash, I guess.
Each connected player now has a unique identifier and a few stats.
I don't know how feasible this is, but I would like to ->
started my #gamedev up again, tentatively...
hamnesiac.com still hosts my single player test, but I will have to launch a new one to do the MMO.
Good news is that I was further along on my server code than I remembered, I had already integrated a database, and it was working.
hamnesiac.com still hosts my single player test, but I will have to launch a new one to do the MMO.
Good news is that I was further along on my server code than I remembered, I had already integrated a database, and it was working.
December 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
started my #gamedev up again, tentatively...
hamnesiac.com still hosts my single player test, but I will have to launch a new one to do the MMO.
Good news is that I was further along on my server code than I remembered, I had already integrated a database, and it was working.
hamnesiac.com still hosts my single player test, but I will have to launch a new one to do the MMO.
Good news is that I was further along on my server code than I remembered, I had already integrated a database, and it was working.
#dwarffortress did that thing last night where it just makes me want to keep working on my own game, which is a C++ MMO server I coded a few years ago, interfacing with a Godot client.
But I am also still so scarred from my previous gamedev experience, death threats from trump supporters, etc...
But I am also still so scarred from my previous gamedev experience, death threats from trump supporters, etc...
December 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
#dwarffortress did that thing last night where it just makes me want to keep working on my own game, which is a C++ MMO server I coded a few years ago, interfacing with a Godot client.
But I am also still so scarred from my previous gamedev experience, death threats from trump supporters, etc...
But I am also still so scarred from my previous gamedev experience, death threats from trump supporters, etc...
#dwarffortress
Somehow I had never tried reclaiming, so I played around last night. I recovered an old fort that I lost to a bronze colossus, fun.
Still shopping maps and biomes for a fun, sustainable start for a new, long term fort, tonight.
Somehow I had never tried reclaiming, so I played around last night. I recovered an old fort that I lost to a bronze colossus, fun.
Still shopping maps and biomes for a fun, sustainable start for a new, long term fort, tonight.
November 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM
#dwarffortress
Somehow I had never tried reclaiming, so I played around last night. I recovered an old fort that I lost to a bronze colossus, fun.
Still shopping maps and biomes for a fun, sustainable start for a new, long term fort, tonight.
Somehow I had never tried reclaiming, so I played around last night. I recovered an old fort that I lost to a bronze colossus, fun.
Still shopping maps and biomes for a fun, sustainable start for a new, long term fort, tonight.
#dwarffortress
starting a dangerous new fort tonight. trying terrifying biomes til I get one that doesn't kill them all within year 1.
starting a dangerous new fort tonight. trying terrifying biomes til I get one that doesn't kill them all within year 1.
November 24, 2025 at 1:29 AM
#dwarffortress
starting a dangerous new fort tonight. trying terrifying biomes til I get one that doesn't kill them all within year 1.
starting a dangerous new fort tonight. trying terrifying biomes til I get one that doesn't kill them all within year 1.
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
#dwarffortress
In my current fort, the Chamber of Smoke, my intent is to fortify in the caverns, maybe take in some new migrants just to join the military, then lay siege upon the underworld. Safely. To become comfortable with more challenging scenarios. May try a siege fort soon too, finally.
In my current fort, the Chamber of Smoke, my intent is to fortify in the caverns, maybe take in some new migrants just to join the military, then lay siege upon the underworld. Safely. To become comfortable with more challenging scenarios. May try a siege fort soon too, finally.
November 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
#dwarffortress
In my current fort, the Chamber of Smoke, my intent is to fortify in the caverns, maybe take in some new migrants just to join the military, then lay siege upon the underworld. Safely. To become comfortable with more challenging scenarios. May try a siege fort soon too, finally.
In my current fort, the Chamber of Smoke, my intent is to fortify in the caverns, maybe take in some new migrants just to join the military, then lay siege upon the underworld. Safely. To become comfortable with more challenging scenarios. May try a siege fort soon too, finally.
#dwarffortress
The Chamber of Smoke - Current fortress. Again, using the strategy of making an efficient starting base to grow population, and now I have a King and most of the world's wealth (small, young world), so I'm focusing downward.
I don't do sieges yet, just mega beasts and such.
The Chamber of Smoke - Current fortress. Again, using the strategy of making an efficient starting base to grow population, and now I have a King and most of the world's wealth (small, young world), so I'm focusing downward.
I don't do sieges yet, just mega beasts and such.
November 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
#dwarffortress
The Chamber of Smoke - Current fortress. Again, using the strategy of making an efficient starting base to grow population, and now I have a King and most of the world's wealth (small, young world), so I'm focusing downward.
I don't do sieges yet, just mega beasts and such.
The Chamber of Smoke - Current fortress. Again, using the strategy of making an efficient starting base to grow population, and now I have a King and most of the world's wealth (small, young world), so I'm focusing downward.
I don't do sieges yet, just mega beasts and such.
#dwarffortress
Starvault - still had some bad habits, but I figured out how to get super rich. Got to 2 gem pillars.
The Duchess had the King consort killed, Queen died of sadness, so no Mountainhome. Sealed vault of divine treasures. Duchess is living it up.
Starvault - still had some bad habits, but I figured out how to get super rich. Got to 2 gem pillars.
The Duchess had the King consort killed, Queen died of sadness, so no Mountainhome. Sealed vault of divine treasures. Duchess is living it up.
November 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
#dwarffortress
Starvault - still had some bad habits, but I figured out how to get super rich. Got to 2 gem pillars.
The Duchess had the King consort killed, Queen died of sadness, so no Mountainhome. Sealed vault of divine treasures. Duchess is living it up.
Starvault - still had some bad habits, but I figured out how to get super rich. Got to 2 gem pillars.
The Duchess had the King consort killed, Queen died of sadness, so no Mountainhome. Sealed vault of divine treasures. Duchess is living it up.
#dwarffortress
Slingweed - I didn't know what I was doing yet, but I was starting to learn. Every citizen had a wooden house, big buildings had basements up to 3 levels. Everyone lived by where they worked. Lots of fishing. Elves *hated* me. May resume one day.
Slingweed - I didn't know what I was doing yet, but I was starting to learn. Every citizen had a wooden house, big buildings had basements up to 3 levels. Everyone lived by where they worked. Lots of fishing. Elves *hated* me. May resume one day.
November 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
#dwarffortress
Slingweed - I didn't know what I was doing yet, but I was starting to learn. Every citizen had a wooden house, big buildings had basements up to 3 levels. Everyone lived by where they worked. Lots of fishing. Elves *hated* me. May resume one day.
Slingweed - I didn't know what I was doing yet, but I was starting to learn. Every citizen had a wooden house, big buildings had basements up to 3 levels. Everyone lived by where they worked. Lots of fishing. Elves *hated* me. May resume one day.
#dwarffortress
Godbasements - abandoned first attempt at mega underground engineering. Made the artificial river and cavern to move into and seal off, but wave after wave of giant agitated elephants pounded the surface, and I moved to a better map.
Godbasements - abandoned first attempt at mega underground engineering. Made the artificial river and cavern to move into and seal off, but wave after wave of giant agitated elephants pounded the surface, and I moved to a better map.
November 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
#dwarffortress
Godbasements - abandoned first attempt at mega underground engineering. Made the artificial river and cavern to move into and seal off, but wave after wave of giant agitated elephants pounded the surface, and I moved to a better map.
Godbasements - abandoned first attempt at mega underground engineering. Made the artificial river and cavern to move into and seal off, but wave after wave of giant agitated elephants pounded the surface, and I moved to a better map.
#dwarffortress
Searchinks - my very first fort. I started right at Steam release, watched 2 BlindIRL videos.
It went OK, until a weremarmot or wereocelot or something bricked it. I didn't know how to deal with them, then.
It's painful to look at, but I did get down to magma.
Searchinks - my very first fort. I started right at Steam release, watched 2 BlindIRL videos.
It went OK, until a weremarmot or wereocelot or something bricked it. I didn't know how to deal with them, then.
It's painful to look at, but I did get down to magma.
November 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
#dwarffortress
Searchinks - my very first fort. I started right at Steam release, watched 2 BlindIRL videos.
It went OK, until a weremarmot or wereocelot or something bricked it. I didn't know how to deal with them, then.
It's painful to look at, but I did get down to magma.
Searchinks - my very first fort. I started right at Steam release, watched 2 BlindIRL videos.
It went OK, until a weremarmot or wereocelot or something bricked it. I didn't know how to deal with them, then.
It's painful to look at, but I did get down to magma.
#dwarffortress
Icyrelic - my first natural challenge fort. One tower, maybe 30 levels down. Had a pond fill zone on top of the staircase and grates for mist all the way down. Trapped a polar bear. Fun but messy and limited! I didn't know how to manage aquifers very well back then.
Icyrelic - my first natural challenge fort. One tower, maybe 30 levels down. Had a pond fill zone on top of the staircase and grates for mist all the way down. Trapped a polar bear. Fun but messy and limited! I didn't know how to manage aquifers very well back then.
November 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
#dwarffortress
Icyrelic - my first natural challenge fort. One tower, maybe 30 levels down. Had a pond fill zone on top of the staircase and grates for mist all the way down. Trapped a polar bear. Fun but messy and limited! I didn't know how to manage aquifers very well back then.
Icyrelic - my first natural challenge fort. One tower, maybe 30 levels down. Had a pond fill zone on top of the staircase and grates for mist all the way down. Trapped a polar bear. Fun but messy and limited! I didn't know how to manage aquifers very well back then.
Me anytime somebody touches a toilet seat on tv
September 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Me anytime somebody touches a toilet seat on tv
Posting because I honestly cannot figure out what I just saw. Two emergency pickup trucks with full flashing lights and sirens just sped down my road, both pulling trailers, one with a 4 wheeler and one with a john deere riding mower, they turned off on different roads...
September 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Posting because I honestly cannot figure out what I just saw. Two emergency pickup trucks with full flashing lights and sirens just sped down my road, both pulling trailers, one with a 4 wheeler and one with a john deere riding mower, they turned off on different roads...